Dec. 24, 10:53 a.m. – Single vehicle non-injury crash with property damage to guardrail at Rail Hollow Road and Dufur Valley Road. Woman stated she was moving over to give room for a large truck and was sucked into the guard rail by the soft shoulder.

Dec. 24, 6:49 p.m. – Single-vehicle, non-injury blocking crash at Rowena Crest Viewpoint. Female driver heading to work lost control on ice and slid into embankment.

Fire

Dec. 25, 11:08 a.m. – Fire crews dispatched to report of a chimney fire at Eighth and Kelly. Crews found no sign of fire or a problem, so they circled the block and then cleared the area. Personnel responded to six calls for emergency medical service on Tuesday and six on Wednesday.

Police Reports

The Dalles City

A woman in the 1100 block of East 8th Street reported Tuesday morning that someone wrote on her van in black permanent marker. Another woman on 8th Street also reported her daughter’s car was written on with a black permanent marker.

A woman in the 3700 block of West Sixth Street called Tuesday morning to report her troubled son had been missing since Sunday evening. She called back to say he was actually home in bed, and she hadn’t seen him come home.

A woman reported Tuesday afternoon her mother’s purse was taken from the can return area in the 500 block of Mt. Hood Street. She’d set it down to return cans, then forgot it and walked off without it. When she returned for it, it was gone.

A man in the 600 block of East 9th Street reported Tuesday evening his wife tore his glasses off, injuring his face. He was given a domestic violence pamphlet.

A woman in the 900 block of Pomona Street reported seeing two people walk through her carport and ring the doorbell, then go on to the neighbors behind her. They both appeared to have Santa suits on. Police checked the area and were unable to find anyone matching the description.

A woman reported early Wednesday morning her son came home high or drunk and began beating her because she wouldn’t let him use her phone, head butting her and pushing her into a cabinet. She was not injured and didn’t wish to press charges. Later, she told police she wanted her son trespassed.

A woman ran out of gas early Wednesday morning on Pomona Street and called 911 twice, first because she was scared when a man wearing a bandana on his face approached her and she was scared, and the second time she called because she was too cold and refused to walk to the gas station to buy gas, since she’d already walked there to buy cigarettes and she said she was freezing and didn’t want to walk anywhere. A neighbor also called police to report the woman had banged on her door and rang the doorbell for half an hour, disturbing her family. The woman borrowed a gas can and got a ride to the gas station from a police officer. Some hours later, that neighbor called police again to report the woman had unplugged her Christmas lights from an outdoor socket and plugged in her phone, and had left the phone behind. When the neighbor called to report this, police were responding to the woman’s house on a disturbance complaint: the woman was yelling at her kids and cousins, apparently she thought her phone had been stolen.

A man in the 500 block of East 7th Street was locked in his house with a knife on Wednesday morning. He reported he’d taken 10 antidepressants and he missed his little boy and he had multiple knives, including a machete. He was taken to the hospital on a police officer’s hold.

A man in the 1100 block of East 8th Street reported Wednesday morning his garage was tagged overnight with permanent marker.

A person in the 2100 block of West Scenic Drive reported Wednesday afternoon a giant stuffed puppy dog was taken from the car overnight.

Wasco County

A man in the 5200 block of Cherry Heights called early Wednesday morning to report a strange dog had been sitting near his driveway for the last 12 hours and it was weird the dog hadn’t left the area. A deputy found two dogs were eating a deer carcass.

A woman in the 200 block of Elrod Avenue reported being slapped and punched in the face, in front of her young daughter. Deputies attempted to find the man, but he fled on foot.

A woman in the 3600 block of West 13th Street called Wednesday morning to report a domestic disturbance, where she heard a woman crying and saw a man drive off. The man’s vehicle was stopped a few minutes later. Kyle Brian Long, 25, 1308 Wasco St., Hood River, was arrested on two counts of probation violation.

Oregon State Police

A trooper stopped a vehicle on Interstate 84 near milepost 118 eastbound Tuesday morning because the driver was not wearing a seat belt. The driver was found to have a suspended license and no insurance, and while the trooper was filling out paperwork to have the car impounded, he discovered the plate did not match the vehicle, and the plate had been stolen off a car in Hood River. The plate was recovered and the driver was cited and released for third degree theft.

A vehicle was stopped Wednesday evening on Interstate 84 near milepost 76 after it failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of US 30 and exit 76. Glenn Loran Barber, 42, 312 Elrod Ave., Maupin, was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (methadone) and also ticketed for having an open container of alcohol, failure to carry insurance and failure to obey a stop sign. His vehicle was towed.

Gilliam County

Steven Keith Ball, 56, Lexington, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on Baseline Road and jailed on a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants.